One Red Hot Country Mama!

I originally heard the Groucho Marx quote in the title said by Woody Allen. It is funny to imagine Marx striving to be a part of a club, but once he is accepted, he no longer wants anything to do with it. But, I see this tendency everywhere.

I was speaking to a colleague the other day who is very talented at public speaking. She said that her favorite part is making people laugh. And she does successfully… she gets rooms full of people laughing all the time. She says that her favorite thing is to find someone in the audience who won’t crack a smile, and win them over – at least get them to grin a little bit. I wonder… why doesn’t she focus on the people who accept her already instead of the one who doesn’t?

I see the same thing in friendships. For some reason, people are more suspicious of people who are more accepting of them. It takes confidence to go out and get friends, but it takes another type of confidence to accept friendships from others.

Maybe we like a challenge, or the thrill of the chase – but too bad! If we all accepted acceptance a little more, we would probably see more of it!